Jan 4, 2014, 10:43 pm
Last edit by: skunker
- Fare feels too good to be true? Don't call the airline!
- Double-check that the fare is actually in Business or First as some online search engines or OTAs confuse booking classes on some airlines.
- Post as much detail as possible about the First/Business fare, including: fare class, fare basis, one-way/round-trip, sales channel, sample dates and total price (including taxes).
- When posting fare rules, please enclose them in a [COÐE][/COÐE] block. Note the use of the eth (Ð) instead of a capital D here to prevent the forum software from trying to insert an actual block. Be sure you use the capital D.
- Refrain from posting fare requests or engaging in off topic debates such as fare trends, specific aircraft configuration or visa requirements
- The deeply discounted international fares discussed here are almost always specific to a certain point of origin, and only very rarely work in reverse (e.g. a SFO-LHR-SFO fare usually won't work LHR-SFO-LHR). Domestic fares more commonly work in reverse.
- Please include important information such as operating airline, fare classes, city pairs, etc. in the body of your post rather than the post title field as it is not visible to those reading FT on mobile devices. This is not the "trick it" thread. Please do not speak in code.
- Please do not post large images. Not everyone has infinite resolution, and it makes the rest of the thread very difficult to read. If it's not important enough to type in, it's not important enough to be here.
- Last but not least: don't call the airline!
Note: There is a known miscoding on ITA and elsewhere, where fares on EI (Aer Lingus) are showing as being in first class. This is not correct, as Aer Lingus does not offer first class. If you see this fare, please ignore it and do not post it here as it is completely unbookable in every sense of the term. The mods are summarily deleting these posts in order to unclutter the thread.
Note: There is a known miscoding on ITA and elsewhere, where Z fares on EY (Etihad) are showing as being in first class. This is not correct, as Z fares are discount business on EY. These fares will not receive chaffeur service. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/etihad-airways-etihad-guest/1622229-removal-chauffeur-service-some-business-class-passengers.html
List of known, active deals:
JNB-DXB-SFO in EK F, $4k-ish one-way
MLE-HKG-US (various) in C, $1400 +/- available only on CX's website.
CMB-MIA, other US cities, for about $4400 in F, round-trip/return
BA AARP $400 discount for J/F bookings is now valid again for booking until 31 Oct 2014 but departure to EOS seems to get the discount. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/british-airways-executive-club/1435816-ba-fare-discounts-aarp-4.html
Good Deal Premium Fares 2014
Oct 18, 2014, 3:35 pm
#3181
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Oct 19, 2014, 10:01 am
#3183
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (BB10; Touch) AppleWebKit/537.35+ (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/10.2.1.3247 Mobile Safari/537.35+)
CPH-LAX IB/AA/BA from around £1200 books into I.
Sample dates 01APR15-08APR15
Spike
CPH-LAX IB/AA/BA from around £1200 books into I.
Sample dates 01APR15-08APR15
Spike
Oct 19, 2014, 12:13 pm
#3184
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Kl: Ams-cur/hav 1289€
http://www.klm.com/travel/nl_en/plan...N_ALL_WBC-more
for travel until March 2015 bookable on klm.com or OTAs
7d min stay, 1m max stay
1 stopover allowed for 75€
non-refundable, no changes permitted
for travel until March 2015 bookable on klm.com or OTAs
7d min stay, 1m max stay
1 stopover allowed for 75€
non-refundable, no changes permitted
Oct 19, 2014, 2:41 pm
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Oct 19, 2014, 4:09 pm
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Oct 19, 2014, 7:35 pm
#3188
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How do you get specific flights to show on BA.com? I had to call them to change my slanted bed flights.
Oct 19, 2014, 8:11 pm
#3189
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JFK-BCN on Delta $1969
Not hot-hot (for early December ticket), but worked for my purpose. Saves $5k compared to DL stock.
Bookable on AirEuropa website, UX flight number, operated by DL.
Not hot-hot (for early December ticket), but worked for my purpose. Saves $5k compared to DL stock.
Bookable on AirEuropa website, UX flight number, operated by DL.
Oct 19, 2014, 9:32 pm
#3190
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I go through the process starting here:
http://www.britishairways.com/en-us/...ember-benefits
Click Login to your AARP account
Kicks you to - Verify AARP details
Verify details log into AARP account (or pay $16 and sign up for one)
Kicks you back over to BA (Plan Your Journey)
Put in from San Jose (SJC) and to Paris (CDG), add dates, business class, number of travelers
Click - Get Flights
This next screen shows me 10 outbound options and 10 inbound options. This includes 1 and 2 stop flights.
I hope that helps - Nissan
Oct 19, 2014, 10:22 pm
#3191
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The whole process seems straightforward to me but I hope this helps.
I go through the process starting here:
http://www.britishairways.com/en-us/...ember-benefits
Click Login to your AARP account
Kicks you to - Verify AARP details
Verify details log into AARP account (or pay $16 and sign up for one)
Kicks you back over to BA (Plan Your Journey)
Put in from San Jose (SJC) and to Paris (CDG), add dates, business class, number of travelers
Click - Get Flights
This next screen shows me 10 outbound options and 10 inbound options. This includes 1 and 2 stop flights.
I hope that helps - Nissan
I go through the process starting here:
http://www.britishairways.com/en-us/...ember-benefits
Click Login to your AARP account
Kicks you to - Verify AARP details
Verify details log into AARP account (or pay $16 and sign up for one)
Kicks you back over to BA (Plan Your Journey)
Put in from San Jose (SJC) and to Paris (CDG), add dates, business class, number of travelers
Click - Get Flights
This next screen shows me 10 outbound options and 10 inbound options. This includes 1 and 2 stop flights.
I hope that helps - Nissan
Oct 19, 2014, 11:56 pm
#3192
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I had the same problem. I wanted very specific flights that were showing up on ITA but not on britishairways.com. Instead of entering only the SJC and CDG/ORY cities, I had to select the multi-city option and feed in the individual flight segments that I had found on ITA. It took forever, but it was the only way to force BA's Web site to list the flights that I wanted.
Oct 20, 2014, 7:00 am
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Oct 20, 2014, 7:26 am
#3194
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I had the same problem. I wanted very specific flights that were showing up on ITA but not on britishairways.com. Instead of entering only the SJC and CDG/ORY cities, I had to select the multi-city option and feed in the individual flight segments that I had found on ITA. It took forever, but it was the only way to force BA's Web site to list the flights that I wanted.
Oct 20, 2014, 11:40 am
#3195
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West coast BA fares to France just disappeared.